My Little Town by Simon And Garfunkel My Little Town Words & music by Paul Simon 1975 E | In my little town Em |Em7/A A | I grew up believ--ing D |Bm |Am | | God keeps His eye on us all F |C | And He used to lean upon me C+ |E7 |A | As I pledged allegiance to the wall Bm |E Lord I recall |A | My little town A/G# |F#m | Coming home after school Am6 |D9 Flying my bike past the gates |G |E7 |F | Of the factories B |F | My mom doing the laundry F+ |A Hanging our shirts |D | | In the dirty breeze |G And after it rains | There's a rainbow | |D And all of the colors are black |Em |D It's not that the colors aren't there | |G |Dmaj7 |E | It's just imagin-ation they lack |Em7 Everything's the same |A |D |G |D |G | Back in my little town D |C#m7 Nothing but the dead and dying |Bm | | Back in my little town D |C#m7 Nothing but the dead and dying |Bm | | | Back in my little town A |F#m | In my little town Am6 |D9 I never meant nothin' |G |E7 |F | I was just my fathers son Bb |F | Saving my money Bb |F | Dreaming of glory Bb |F Twitching like a finger |F+ A |D | | On the trigger of a gun |D |C#m7 Leaving nothing but the dead and dying |Bm | | Back in my little town Repeat and fade: D |C#m7 Nothing but the dead and dying |Bm | | Back in my little town www.TAB6.com